Improvement in neckties



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GEORGE KENNEDY,0EPHILADELPHiA, PENNSYLVANIA, Ass'IGNoR To HIMsELE AND E. HARBAUGH, or sAME PLACE.

Letters'Pateut No. 93,624, dated August 10, 1869.V

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The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and'making part of the name.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE KENNEDY, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented an Improvement in Shirt-0ollars and Neckties; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention consists of a clasp, constructed and adapted to a shirt-collar, substantially as described hereafter, so that it may serve, with the projecting wings on the collar, as an imitation cravat, by forming a resemblance ofthe central fold of the same, and concealing the yfront button of the collar.

In order to enable others to make and apply niy invention, Ir will now proceed to describe the manner of carrying the same into effect, reference being had to1 the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which- Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, drawing No. 1, illustrate my invention as applied to a tie for shirt-collars.

Figures 7, 8, 9, and 10, drawing No. 2, illustrate my invention as connected with neckties and cravats.

My invention is illustrated, in one of its simplest forms, in figs. l, 2, 3, 4, aud 5, (drawing No. 1,) in which A represents a narrow band, of paper, paper and cloth combined, or other suitable material, the oppositeends being so elongated beyond the button-holes a, a, that when fastened over the collars in the usual manner, the said ends will project, as shown in iig. 2, and represent the wings of a necktie.

The button', b, of the neck-band of the shirt is, however, exposed, as seen in fig. 2, and this destroys whatever effect the projecting ends or wings l d might otherwise have as regards their imitation of a necktie.

The lnain object of my invention is to cover the buttou with such a device as will, when viewed in connection with the projecting ends d d of the band, complete the imitation of a cravat. .Y 1

Fig. 3, drawing No. 1, represents in perspective one form of this device, which may consist of a strip, B, of the samematerial as the collar, the strip being folded at a: so vr'as to form two aps, e and j', the former having, in the present instance, a button-hole, i, and the flap f having a slot, h.

This strip, or, as l may term it, clasp, is arranged lto embrace the bami wherethe projecting ends 'l d of the same cross each other, the middle portionf'm, of

the clasp concealing the front of the button b, as shown in fig. 4, while the iiaps e and j' fold against the inside of the baud, as seenin fig. 5, the tlap c beinglconnected to the button, while the slot h, of the iiap f, is iitted to the shank of the button, and the clasp is then retained in itsplace.

The clasp B may be used in connection with a band having no projecting ends, as -shown in fig. 6, in which case the clasp may be so gured, or otherwise treated, as to present the appearance of an ornamental stud. In .making the clasp, it is immaterial/what substance is employed; it may be made entirely of paper, of paper and cloth combined, or of any other suitable compound fabric, or it may be of metal, possessing sufiicient elasticity to permit the iiaps .to be opened, and render them self-closing.

. 'Nor is it absolutely necessary that the folds or flaps' should be provided with holes or notches, as shown in.

of the mode of applying my invention to an imitation tie, separate from a collar.

Paper, orpthersuitable material, is out to the shape shown in g. 13, so as to have the inclined wings A A, and a central projection, B, slotted at the end.

The wings are folded inward on the lines au, the

folded ends thus crossing each other, as shown in the front v iew, iig. 14.

The projection B is then folded downward over the crossed ends, and upward against the back of the tie,

as shown in the rear view, iig. 15, vthe slotted end of ,l the projection fitting the shank of. the button, which is adapted to the hole e, and by which the imitation vtie is secured in front of the collar.

The clasp formed by the projection B serves, in this instance, to form the central part of the tie, as well as to retain the folded wings in their proper position.

Fig. 10, drawing No. v2, is a rear view, representing a modiiication of -the above-described tie, the modification eonsisting of the addition to the former of a strip, D, oi' stili paper, or other suitable material, pasted, at the middle only, to the back of the tie, so as to form two wings, to be introduced between the folds of the collar, and serving'to steady the tie, precisely as in the well-known so-called butterflies, in common use.

I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A tie, or imitation tie, adapted for being secured in front of a collar by a button or'stud, in combination with an adjustable clasp, applied so as to cover and conceal the button or stud, substantially as described.

2. The concealing-clasp, and its button-hole, adapted for attachment to a collar or tie, substantially as set forth. j

3. The clasp, slotted at one end, and having at the opposite end a button-hole, substantially as specified. In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of vtwo subscribing witnesses. 1

H110. KEN NEDY,

Witnesses JOHN WHITE, l HARRY SMITH. 

